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The alliance responded after sources indicated a Liberian‑flagged container ship leaving Ningbo to attempt the Northern Sea Route and a South Korean company buying a vessel for an Arctic crossing.
Preliminary data published on 18 August 2026 recorded six commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a modest increase from the weekend that left crossings in single digits amid stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks.
CMA CGM Group has appointed Natasha Griffin as chief executive of its North American arm, which will be based in Norfolk, Virginia and oversee the Group’s shipping, logistics, intermodal and supply chain activities.
Proposed guidelines would strengthen verification, ownership records and oversight after the IMO reported 529 ships falsely flying a country’s flag.
The Singapore-flagged Maersk Sebarok completed an initial Bab el-Mandeb and Red Sea passage, but the company said no wider network change followed.
UNCTAD reports that longer voyages, volatile freight markets and constrained uptake of alternative fuels pushed shipping ton-miles to a record increase in 2024 while overall trade growth is forecast to stagnate in 2025.
A proposed international regime would combine a fuel-intensity standard with an economic mechanism for ocean-going ships above 5,000 gross tonnage.
